focus, focus, focus

Here's a pic of my first attempt at making a mandala.  Buddhist monks make these elaborate designs out of colored sand, taking weeks to complete one.  Once finished, they sweep the sand away to represent the impermanence of all things in life.  Since I used markers instead of sand, I don't guess my design is impermanent but it does seem to help my focus and allows me to quiet my mind and stay in the moment.  My coworkers and bosses used to laugh at me when I told them that my doodling in meetings helped me focus, but it really does work for me.  I'm going to try to make these for awhile and if I get into it, I'll possibly move up to colored sand eventually.